page_title: Northland Center
section_title: Loss of anchors
hierarchical_section_title: Northland Center / History / Loss of anchors
caption_attribution_description: English: Shopping mall.
context_page_description: Northland Center was a shopping mall on an approximately 159-acre site located near the intersection of M-10 and Greenfield Road in Southfield, Michigan, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Construction began in 1952 and the mall opened on March 22, 1954. Today, the building still stands with a big fence around it and patrol cars watching the area. It was not torn down.
  Northland was a milestone for regional shopping centers in the United States. Designed by Victor Gruen, the mall initially included a four-level Hudson's with a ring of stores surrounding it. As originally built, it was an open air pedestrian mall with arrayed structures. The mall was enclosed in the 1970s and expanded several times in its history. Additions included five other department store anchors: J. C. Penney in the 1980s, MainStreet in the 1980s, and TJ Maxx, Target, and Montgomery Ward in the 1990s. Managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group, Northland Center featured approximately 100 stores. Macy's, the last anchor, closed on March 22, 2015, exactly 61 years to the date of the mall's opening.
context_section_description: In 2013, T. J. Maxx's space became a playplace called Extreme Fun. In November 2014, Target announced the closing of its store. The store closed in February 2015 part of closing 11 stores nationwide. This was followed by an announcement in January 2015 by Southfield acting mayor Donald Fracassi that Macy's was planning the closing of its store as well. This announcement was officially confirmed by Macy's itself the following day. The store closed on March 22, 2015, the store's 61st anniversary.
caption: A mall hallway in 2015.
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